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English adjective: starchy

1. starchy consisting of or containing starch


SamplesStarchy foods.


Similaramylaceous, amyloid, amyloidal, farinaceous, starchlike


Antonymsstarchless

2. starchy rigidly formal


SamplesA starchy manner.
The letter was stiff and formal.
His prose has a buckram quality.


Synonymsbuckram, stiff


Similarformal


Antonymsinformal









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